Adrian Ursea

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Adrian Ursea
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Portrait of former football player, currently manager, Adrian Ursea
Personal information
Full name Adrian Dante Ursea
Date of birth (1967-09-14) 14 September 1967 (age 57) [1]
Place of birth Slobozia, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Yverdon Sport (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1986 Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1991 Petrolul Ploiești 102 (15)
1988–1989Victoria București (loan) 43 (5)
1991–1992 Locarno 13 (4)
1992–1994 Chênois 7 (2)
1994 Rapid București 4 (0)
1995 Étoile Carouge
1995–1996 Bulle
1996–1997 Vevey
1997–1999 Stade Nyonnais 20 (6)
1999–2000 Fribourg
2000–2001 Vevey
Total189(32)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Vevey (player/coach)
2001–2003 Servette (assistant)
2003 Servette [2] (caretaker)
2003–2004 Servette (assistant)
2004 Servette (caretaker)
2005 Meyrin
2007–2011 Neuchâtel Xamax (technical director)
2011–2016 Neuchâtel Xamax (academy manager)
2016–2018 Nice (assistant)
2019 Servette U21
2019–2020 Nice (assistant)
2020–2021 Nice
2023–2025 Étoile Carouge
2025– Yverdon Sport
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Dante Ursea (born 14 September 1967) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Challenge League club Yverdon Sport.

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Early life

Born in Slobozia, Ursea completed his schooling in Ploiești.

Playing career

Ursea played 102 games for the Romanian top flight side Petrolul Ploiești, and also played for various clubs in Switzerland. [3] [4]

Coaching career

After his retirement, Ursea went into coaching, and for four years was technical director at Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax. [5] [6] On 4 December 2020, he became the manager of OGC Nice after Patrick Vieira was dismissed. [7] He left Nice by the end of the 2020–21 season. [8]

Managerial statistics

As of 11 June 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Servette (caretaker)21 March 200320 June 2003124351523−8033.33
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Servette (caretaker)17 August 200412 October 20047421117+4057.14
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Meyrin 1 July 200522 October 2005141671022−12007.14
Flag of France.svg Nice 4 December 202023 May 202130115143742−5036.67 [9]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Étoile Carouge 1 July 202330 June 20257542132014295+47056.00
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yverdon-Sport 1 July 2025present000000+0!
Total138622947215189+26044.93

Honours

Coach

Étoile Carouge

References

  1. Adrian Ursea (in French), OGC Nice, 9 June 2016.
  2. Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine , RSSSF, 20 June 2007.
  3. Adrian Ursea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. Adrian Ursea at WorldFootball.net
  5. Ursea quitte Xamax et rejoint Nice (in French), ArcInfo, 7 June 2016.
  6. Qui est Adrian Ursea, le nouvel adjoint de Lucien Favre à l'OGC Nice? (in French), Nice Matin, 9 June 2016.
  7. "Adrian Ursea becomes OGC Nice manager at least until the end of the season". Get French Football News. 4 December 2020.
  8. "Official: Adrian Ursea leaves OGC Nice". Get French Football News. 23 May 2021.
  9. "OGC Nice: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 February 2021.